Yesterday evening I noticed that the bulb seemed to be blown on my interior light, so I got hold of a 5w Festoon bulb, as required, got a small flat screwdriver to gently prize off the clear cover, and CRACK!.. The damn clip inside the clear cover snapped off! ARRGH!
I did replace the bulb though, so that now lights up as it should..
Just been on the phone to my local BMW dealer & they've told me that they will need to order one from Germany. It'll cost £8.77 plus VAT. Not too drastic, but it may take up to 10 days, & I wanted it before Z-Fest next weekend..
Oh well, if it doesn't come in time I may have to do some tricks with glue.
Just so that I know, & to save me from breaking the new one when it comes, is there a particular way that the cover should be removed or replaced? (yes, i know, carefully!)

Bit of a thread resurrection I know but I thought I'd add to a thread rather than creating another one.

You don't happen to have the part number for your new interior light unit do you? I'm been trawling REALOEM all afternoon and cannot for the lift of me find it. I've found footwell lights (which I didnt' think I have), boot lights, everything apart from interior light up by the mirror.

I didnt' think it was going to bother me not having one but using the car in the evenings now is a real PITA without one actually. Also have to replace a couple of lamps in the heater controls and the instrument cluster but that's easy compared to finding this part online, lol